Okay, so you weren’t all bad. You ensured we said goodbye to Bush, Cheney, et al. You let the Yankees win the World Series. Iowa legalized gay marriage. And Harpyness came into being. But on a personal level, you were a real kick-in-the-ovaries kind of year for me, and for a number of other people. Please vacate the premises before I unleash my pups and they attack you with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

Dear 2010,

Please don’t fuck the world over too badly, okay? Here’s the really abbreviated list of what I’d like to see happen this year: Scott Roeder rotting in prison for murdering Dr. George Tiller. Roman Polanski also gets his own cell. More people buying the works of Michael Palin than those of Sarah Palin. A fashion industry that doesn’t fall all over itself in self-congratulation when they occasionally feature an “unconventional” model like Lara Stone. A metaphoric slap to the head to people who think they’re clever for joining Facebook groups like “Why should I have to press ‘one’ for English?” On a more personal level, I’d like to get through the year relatively unscathed, one year closer to my degree, and with whatever wit and optimism I have left still intact. I plan to read at least 25 non-school books. Oh, and I wouldn’t mind another World Series win.

Cheers!

Dear readers,

Share your own hopes/dreams/resolutions for 2010, on both a global and personal level in the comments. And Happy New Year!

16 Responses to “Wishin’ and Hopin’”

My wishes for 2010 include better, cheaper, more accessible healthcare for people, and no special riders on womens’ healthcare.

In my dreams I would like more time off for everyone in the country, because Americans work too hard with not enough time to spend with family and friends, doing the things that matter. Unlikely to happen, so I’ll just wish for people to have jobs, then worry about vacations.

For myself, I want to read great books, survive another year raising the kiddos and all that entails, and try to not freak out about the state of the world.

2009 was a pretty great year for me on a personal level, right up until the end, when I learned that my daughter will be born with a birth defect that, while minor in the grand scheme of things, will require expensive treatment. Also, she’ll be my second c-section. So I would like 2010 to provide a healthcare system that doesn’t completely screw over my daughter and myself.

For 2010 I wish:
- less worrying for all
- the extremist right wing politician getting all the attention in Dutch politics to lose much – if not all – of his popularity and politics to return to a more moderate, sensible style of public discussion.

On a personal level:
- I hope to graduate for my MA
- I hope to finally find a place to live, after 2,5 years of living with my mum and in friends’ houses.
- I hope to finally be/feel ready to be in a relationship.

I wish you all a very happy 2010, hope it brings you what you wish for!

@Avogadro: I wish you all the best&strength for 2010, and hopefully less need to worry than might be expected!

2009 was somewhat crap and somewhat ok. I certainly desire 2010 to be a lot better, especially in regards to some personal issues.

I start my honours year in 2010, so I hope I sustain the discipline, desire and drive for the course-work part, and especially for the thesis part! For soalg the same in your studies; for Dutchie graduating.
And for SarahMC, and baraquiel, that you get into grad school.

I hope that the US finally receives universal health care, without restrictions, so that Av0gadro and her daughter (and anyone else in the US for that matter) can get the health care required without having to worry about how much it will cost! It still does my head in how the US has health care the way it does.

I hope that the world moves to a place, where loved ones are more important than “business”, and there’s more compassion and acceptance in the world.

Thanks for the good wishes. It’s not horrible, because it’s a kidney problem, and we come with an extra. But there will be lots of ultrasounds and possibly surgery, so it’s pretty exhausting to think about.

And I feel terribly selfish because I care more about health care reform than I did last week, but I suppose that’s how humans are.

It’s okay, av0gadro, that’s how we learn. There are a ton of people out there who became activists because they experienced unfairness in some aspect of life, or loved someone who did. Don’t beat up on yourself-you have enough on your mind right now.